{"id":431,"date":"2019-10-13T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/?p=431"},"modified":"2019-10-13T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T06:58:56","slug":"introduction-to-offering-sa%e1%b9%85ghadana-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Offering Sa\u1e45ghad\u0101na (En)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Introduction\nto Offering Sa\u1e45ghad\u0101na<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generosity is the mark of a wise man. The discerning will choose the right time and the very best of food and drink to offer to those monks who lead a celibate life. They are fertile fields of merit who yield the highest of fruits for the giver. By offering food to monks, you are giving them five qualities of life: longivity, good complexion, good health, strength and wisdom. Thus, he who gives shall receive these qualities of life in return. Merit alone can be our refuge. Thus, without further ado, all listeners are invited to repeat, after the congregation representative, the verses for the offering of a midday meal as sa\u1e45ghad\u0101na together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Offering General Sa\u1e45ghad\u0101na<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Im\u0101ni maya\u1e43 bhante, bhatt\u0101ni, sapariv\u0101r\u0101ni, bhikkhusa\u1e45ghassa,\no\u1e47ojay\u0101ma, s\u0101dhu no bhante, bhikkhusa\u1e45gho, im\u0101ni, bhatt\u0101ni, sapariv\u0101r\u0101ni, pa\u1e6digga\u1e47h\u0101tu,\namh\u0101ka\u1e43, d\u012bgharatta\u1e43, hit\u0101ya, sukh\u0101ya, nibb\u0101n\u0101ya ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(On this occasion,venerable monks, we seek\nyour permission, to offer this meal to the monastic community, together with\nits associated gifts. May the monastic community, receive this meal and these\ngifts from us, for our everlasting benefit, happiness and attainment of\nNirvana.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Offering Sa\u1e45ghad\u0101na Generosity is the mark of a wise man. The discerning will choose the right time and the very best of food and drink to offer to those monks who lead a celibate life. They are fertile fields of merit who yield the highest of fruits for the giver. By offering food&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-1","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interhq.org\/ceremony\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}